#DBC477#DBC477

#DBC477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.100 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC477
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -2.14, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 41.54, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0058 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.1 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2846, 55.8739, 25.4798)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC477 #778EDB

analogous

#DB9277 #DBC477 #C0DB77

triadic

#DBC477 #77DBC4 #C477DB

tetradic

#DBC477 #77DB92 #778EDB #DB77C0

square

#DBC477 #77DB92 #778EDB #DB77C0

split-complementary

#DBC477 #77C0DB #9277DB

monochromatic

#AA8E2D #CEAF47 #DBC477 #E8D9A7 #F5EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DBC477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC477

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC477	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.100 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d59f',
    500: '#dbc477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc477;
$custom-light: #e8d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82296,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC477

secondary

#4960AD

accent

#46C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC477

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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